By Disha Gupta
A 48-year-old man in a private hospital eagerly anticipated a human hand that was extracted from Surat. The intricate surgery was completed along with an elaborate organ retrieval process. A clock was ticking then, and every second was crucial in him gaining back his autonomy. He had already spent several minutes each hour waiting for his life to improve.
After a hand surgeon from Surat had pulled the donor hand out of the body, there was still the assignment of transporting it via airplane to New Delhi. The Indian capital city was the next hurdle as both the local traffic police and all other city officials had to make sure that the organ would reach them with enough time to spare. Fortunately, having a hand surgeon the caliber of Dr. Shiva meant that all expectations would be met and boundaries surpassed.
When the flight touched down at the GA airport at Delhi, the local traffic authorities along with myriads of other personnel were in full anticipation, waiting to usher the vital organ << along the designated seventy diameter cylinder leading to the airport in Badarpur. Transporting means labelled as the golden amphitheatre had been built parallel along a stretch of road splitting the two cities. Once the route had been cleared, there would be no wasting time with additional signaling. After all, with situations as dire as these, it was of absolute paramount importance to be ready every single moment.
Now that the traffic jams have dissipated, the convoy has sped through the city. It took only thirty-six minutes to cover the distance from the airport to the border. Following this, the drive to the hospital in Faridabad over a period of 15 minutes. “The request from the hospital came early Sunday morning,” says Singh, DCP traffic, New Delhi.